Saturn is the 2nd biggest planet in the whole of the solar system and is the sixth planet from the sun, Saturn is classified as the Gase planet along with Neptune, Jupiuter and Uranus.
The work Saturn came from the god called, Saturnus, and is nicked named the sickle planet. Saturn is made up of elements, Hydrogen, and Heluim.

Saturn has a prominent system of rings, consisting mostly of ice particles with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust. Sixty known moons orbit the planet.

The wind speeds in Saturn can reach up to a dangerous speed of 1,800 km/h, which is faster then Jupiter and one of the most fastest planets in the solar system.

Saturn has a magnetic field in strength between that of Earth and the more powerful field around Jupiter.


Facts :

1. Scale height 59.5 km
2.Surface area 4.27×1010 km²[6][5]
83.703 Earths
3.Volume 8.2713×1014 km³[3][5]
763.59 Earths
5. Mass 5.6846×1026 kg[3]
95.152 Earths
6. 26.73* Axial tilt


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